Quote from: tempest63 on May 12, 2025, 07:37 PM

If I need a curry fix for lunch I will continue to opt for Brick Lane.

Very wise. This one is nearest for me.

https://www.indigostreetfood.com/menu-selfridges-birmingham/

Expensive and an apartment store would not by my first choice for dining. Also, they have, for example, a chicken tikka pizza on the menu. Goodness me! No!

Rob

Will put this here for now. I will add more info on the Zaatar soon. Method including some prep photos a bit later. The cooking time is generally around 1 h 10 min to 1 h 20 mins.


Manchester Shami Kebab Recipe


Ingredients

Measures are rounded

500g mutton mince. Do not use be tempted to use lamb, or anything else.

1 cup of water
45 ml of vegetable oil
1 ½ TBSP garlic/ginger paste (50/50, fresh)

Whole spices/herbs
1 piece of cassia bark (5g)
4 cloves
4 green cardamoms
Small pinch ajwain seeds

1 TBSP dried mint
½ TSP Kasoori methi
20g fresh green bullet chilli. Stalk removed. Chopped. Or, a couple of thin green hot chillies
2 TBSP chopped coriander leaf/stalk

Ground spices
½ TSP cumin seeds (freshly ground)
½ TSP coriander seeds (freshly ground)
½ TSP turmeric powder

½ TSP red chilli powder (regular)
½ TSP black peppercorns (freshly ground)
½ TSP white pepper powder
Small pinch ground mace

Other ingredients

3 ½ TBSP Zaatar
½ TSP salt
1 TSP toasted sesame seeds (optional)
10 ml lime juice (bottled cloudy type)
Flour and eggs (for the coating)

Other things you will need

A saucepan with lid
A wooden spoon
A dish to put the Shami mix in
A flat surface for shaping the kebabs(I use a glass chopping board/surface protector)
A decent turner spatula or burger flipper
A frying pan (lightly oiled)
A microwave oven

Manchester red onions
Garlic mayonnaise or mint dip
Hot chilli sauce
A wedge of fresh lemon

Rob

Reminiscent of Falling Down starring Michael Douglas.

https://youtu.be/hlzm7-gvTRg?si=Em0s7SsFxVD4wsUd

Rob

More Shan packets to trial out. £0.99 each.The Karachi Beef contains dried plums (with pits). OK. The shop also had Laziza Lahori Charga, but well over twice the price of Shan.

Rob

Quote from: Peripatetic Phil on May 10, 2025, 11:46 AM
Ah, but did she beat the steak with a heavy wooden rolling pin as my mother did ?  The process was apparently intended to partially destroy the connective tissue and thereby render the steak more tender ...

Yes, whacked it will something on a piece of butcher's block. Mum did like meat well done. It was the same for the  Sunday roast. She would often get a nice joint of Silverside. Should have been more than enough for three people. By the time she had cooked it, size wise, it was like a small can of Heinz beans

Rob

Made another batch to double check the ingredients. Bang on the money. The recipe should get done this week, or next week. I guess it is fair to say that I am not the quickest writing stuff up.





Rob

They do the sweet rice at the Tilted Pan. It was a bit too sweet for me.

Rob

Three lovely curries, rice and a naan for £8.00. Raja Monkey in Hall Green want £7.99 for a samosa! 

Rob

Thanks for jogging my memory Phil. I had forget the bacon.

Liver was also quite often part of a mixed grill (with fried onions). The main thing here though was one of my mum's specialities. Cremated sirloin or rump steak. It was always tough. She blamed the butchers. Those were the days.

Rob

Mint dip on a plate too. Very nice.

Rob